Machine for forming sausages into links



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H. LEPEBER. MAGHINB PoR PORMING sAUsAGEs INT0 LINKS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LEFEBER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AMACHINE FOR FORMING SAUSAGES INTO LINKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 526,080, dated September 18, 1894.

Application filed October 21,1893. Serial No. 488|7'72- (N0 modem To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY LEFEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of- Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ilnprovement in Machines for Forming Sausages into Links, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a machine for forming sausages into links, embodying means for feeding a length of wire, severing the same into pieces of proper length, forming necksV in the sausages, and bending the same around said necks, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figurel represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section of a machine for forming sausages into links, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 representsa vertical section on line Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section on line y, y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of a portion of the machine. Fig. 4 represents an end elevation of a portion of the machine. Figs. 5 and 6 represent side elevations of a portion of the machine, the samebe'ing shown in different positions in the two gures. Fig. 7 represents a partial plan View and partial horizontal section of a detached portion of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates the frame of the machine, the same having spaces B and. C between 'its upright sides D and E, as most clearlyshown in Fig. 4%. The sides D and E are each formed with an opening F, having one of its ends of reduced width to receive the forward end of a sausage G, before the same is formed into links.

Guided in the space `B is a sliding plate H, formed with an opening J, similar in shape to the openings F, but turned in an opposite direction to the latter, so that when said plate H is moved in one direction, the space existing between the openings F and .I will be enlarged to permit thev sausage to be freely drawn through said .space byv a pocket hereinafter described, and when said plate H is moved in an opposite direction, the space between said openings F and J will become replate H. vto the plate H by a lever L, pivoted to the duced in size, and compress the sausage at this point. The plate H is provided atthe top with a bar K whichis guided in the space C, and moves forward and backward with said Reciprocating motion is imparted base of the frame A, and connected by alink M, or any suitable means with said plate. The bar K is provided with rollers N, N and P, P', and a stop Q. When the lever L is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow Z, the bar K is moved from right to left,

and the roller N is brought in contact with a lever R pivoted on a shaft S, on which is mounted the feed roller T, and causes said lever to' oscillate from right to left, said lever R being provided with a spring-actuated dog U, see Fig. 7, adapted to enter any one of the circularly-arranged openings V in said feed roller T, which may be in line with said dog, when the lever R has been moved by the roller N its full extent to the left, it being noticed that the dog U has its outer end beveled as at U to permit said dog to freely move out ofan opening V without aecting the feed roller T, when the lever R is moving from right to left.

When the lever L is moved from left to right, the bar K-and consequently the roller tothe lower jaw A of the pliers B', which' latter are pivoted to a sliding bar C guided in a portion of the space B. It will be noticed, that as the side D of the frame A occupies a position between the sliding bar C and pliers B it is necessary that said side D be formed with a slot D', through which is passed a portion of the Isliding bar C in order that the pliers B may be pivoted thereto from the outside of the frame A.

The slot D is longer than the portion of vN thereon, will also move in the same direction, and the lever R will accordingly be IOO the sliding bar within the saine, so as to permit said bar to move from right to left, and Vice-versa, in order to operate the pliers B', as will be hereinafter explained. A reciprocating motion is imparted to the bar C' by the bar K, rollers P and P', and a lever E', the latter being pivoted to the frame A. The side D of the frame A is provided with a block F' and rollers G for opening and closing the pliers B. When the lower end of the wire X reaches the jaw A of the pliers B', the stop Q comes in contact with a portion of the frame A, and prevents the lever L, and consequently the plate II, and the several parts connected therewith from being moved farther than necessary. The roller P causes the lo wer end of the lever E', and consequently the bar C' connected therewith, to move from right to left, and the wings H' of the pliers B' are brought in contact by said bar with the block F', which causes said wings, and consequently the jaws A and A2 of the pliers B' to open, as shown in Fig. 5. The feeding of the wire X andthe opening of the jaws A and A2 occur at the saine time.

Vhen the lever L is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow Zthe bar C', and consequently the pliers B are caused to travel from left to right, and the wings II of the latter coming in contact with the rollers G' are brought toward each other by the saine, thus causing the jaws A' and A2 to close. The point of the jaw A2 is sharpened as at a, see Figs. 5 and G,so as to cut the wire X in its path, when said jaw is advanced.

Projecting from the side D of the frame A, and below the guide Z, is a stud J against which the wire is adapted to rest while the same is being cut by the jaw A2, and also while being bent or wrapped around the sausage G by the closing of the jaws A and A2 of the pliers B', it being noticed that when said pliers have been advanced to their full extent the wire X between the jaws of the saine occupies the recessed portions d of the jaws A and A2, see Figs. 1, 5 and 6.

After the plate H has been moved to its full extent from right to left, and the sausage within the space between the openings F and J has been compressed by said plate, and the wire X Wrapped around the compressed portion of the sausage, the pocket K', which has been hereinbefore referred to, and is secured to the levers L', is brought under the sausage, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The 1ever L is then moved from left to right, and the space between the openings F and J, which is accordingly enlarged, permits the sausage to pass through the saine in order to be conveyed by said pocket K' to an inclined plane or chute M', which directs the saine to wherever desired. It will be noticed that the sausage, before reaching the frame A, is in one length, as shown in dotted lines at b in Fig. 2, and that after the same has been operated upon by the machine, it is formed into links, as at c in Fig. 2. The levers L' are pivoted vto sliding plates N2 guided in the base of the frame A, and said plates are h eld in position by thumb screws P2, by which means the pocket K may be adjusted horizontally.

The levers L' are formed with slots Q to receive the bolts of the pocket K', to permit the latter to be adjusted vertically. These two adjustments are required in order to regulate the throw of the lever L', relatively to the length of a link of sausage, and to cause the pocket K' to reach the same place on the frame A, whether the links be long or short.

R designates an adjustable stop for the lever L to prevent the saine from being thrown back farther than necessary on its return motion.

The feed rollers T and W,owing to a check pawl and ratchet mechanism A3, are prevented from rotating in a reverse direction to that hereinbefore described, and thus the wire X cannot be withdrawn from the roller by the back action of the reel Y.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is`

1. In a machine for the purpose named, a frame having the openings F therein, aplate movable in said frame and provided with the opening J, a wire feed on said frame, a wire-holding device on a sliding bar movable on said frame, and a cutter on said holding device, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. In a machine for the purpose set forth, a frame with an opening therein, a plate movable thereon and having an opening therein, a wire feeding device on said frame operated by the contact with mechanism connected with said plate, a sliding bar guided ou said frame and carrying pliers having Wire-holding jaws, mechanism on the frame for opening and closing said jaws, and ajcutter for said wire, said parts heilig combined substantially as described.

3. A frame having an opening therein, a movable plate guided on said frame and having an opening therein adjacent to said opening in the frame, a wire feeding device on said frame operated by contact with mechanism substantially as described on said plate, a sliding bar guided on the frame and connected with a lever pivoted to the frame, mechanism on said plate contacting with said lever for operating said bar, plierscarried by said bar for holding said wire, mechanism on the frame for opening and closing said pliers, and a cutting device for said wire, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. In a machine for the purpose set forth, a frame with the opening F therein, a sliding frame guided on said frame and having the opening .I therein, the rollers N and N' on said plate, a shaft on said frame having a feed roller thereon with openings therein, a lever pivoted on said shaft having a spring- IOO IIO

actuated dog with a beveled end connectedtherewith, said lever being adapted to be engaged by either of said rollers, a feeding wheel with ratchet and pawl on said frame adjacent to said feed roller, a wire guide on said frame, and a wire-holding device on said frame adjacent to said opening F, said parts being combinedsubstantially as described.

5. In a machine for the purpose set forth, a frame with the openings F therein, a sliding plate guided on said frame and having the opening J therein, a wire feeding 'device on said frame operated by contact with and the movement ot' said plate, a sliding bar guided on-said frame and operated by alever connected with the frame and adapted to engage with rollers on the said plate, pliers with wire-holding jaws carried by said bar, a block and rollers on said frame for opening and closing said jaws, and a wire cutting edge on the upperone of said jaws, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. The frame, and the block F on said frame, in combination with the pliers B', the sliding bar C' carrying said pliers, and the rollers G' on the frame, whereby said pliers may be opened and closed, substantially as described.

7. In combination with the bending pliers and cutter, the receiving pocket K', the oscillating lever carrying the same, and the inclined chute M' at the discharge end of said pocket, substantially as described.

8. The receiving pocket K', the oscillating lever L' carrying the same, the sliding plate tightening screw P2, substantially as described. 4

9. The combination of the receiving pocket K', the lever L', carrying the same, and the chute M', said lever being slotted and adjustably receiving the bolt of said pocket substantially as described.

10. The receiving pocket K' and the lever L' carrying the same, the adjusting stop R on the frame with which said lever contacts on its return motion, and the chute M' substantially as described.

HENRY LEFEBER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, W. C. WIEDERSHEIM.

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